U S Export Trade Threatened by Exchange Drop and Credit Plan
The steep fall of the English pound to 4.55 dollars alarms American exporters as Britain contemplates a mammoth credit loan to pay war bills. New York bankers see risks to factory orders, inflation, and currency stability, with potential large securities collateral to back British purchases. The prospect of restoring rates hinges on a massive British loan and renewed use of high class American railway and industrial stocks as collateral.
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Britain
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United States
Great Britain
London
America
Lindon
Wall Street
Lem
Tts
Wsta
Havana
Jackson Charged With Wronging Girl After Her Death
Athens Ga August 31 Special The second time in state history an indictment was found against Charles Jackson for alleged wronging a girl after her death A bench warrant from Oconee Superior Court calls for his arrest following an indictment for a statutory offense The deceased woman an orphan reportedly killed herself two weeks after his marriage to another woman She allegedly declared love for Jackson before dying and prayed for his happiness amid the self destruction controversy The case raises questions about the admissibility of dying declarations in hormicide prosecutions
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Athens
Oconee’ Superior Court
Charles Jackson
Watkinsville
Paris Green
Jackson
Inman Quits Tax Committee Over Sanitation Fears
Councilman Howard H. Inman resigns as chair of the council committee on tax citing fears of microbes. He refuses to attend meetings unless the Sanitation Department ensures proper disinfectants and cleansing of the crowd of mendicants at gatherings. He says he will not participate while such conditions persist and sent his resignation to the mayor, which was not accepted.
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Howard H. Inman
Council Committee On
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Walter Taylor
Inman
Woman fined for using a profane word at neighbors
Mrs Sallie Amhurst of 43 May Avenue admitted to Recorder Johnson that she used a profane word when annoyed by neighbors over children playing in a sand pile. She told the judge "damn" was very wrong and paid a $5.75 fine.
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Sallie Amhurst
May Avenue
42 Bodies Unearthed From Indian Mound in Nacoochee Farm
Smithsonian officials excavating an Indian mound on Dr. L. G. Hardeman’s property in Nacoochee valley report 42 bodies recovered. The mound, one of the largest in the U S, measures about 40 feet high and half an acre, possibly burial site of Princess Nacoochee and Prince Santee, though no proof yet. Numerous earthenware shards, a single large jar broken by a worker, bronze buttons, and copper plates were found. Excavation began in June and will likely run through October.
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Smithsonian Institution
LG. Hardeman
Nacooches Valley
United States
Tés
Prince Santee
Jy Ag
Joseph C Greenfield Named for High Office in Masonic Fraternity
National officers were elected at the twelve United States of America session of the general grand council Royal and Select Masters. New officers include Edward W. Welling general-grand master and Joseph C. Greenfield of Atlanta named general grand conductor of council.
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Masonic
San Francisco
General Grand Council
United States of America
Edward W. Welling
Elsworth
Kan
George A. Newgell
Medina
Thomas B. Shears
Denver
Henry W. Mordhurst
Fort Wayne
Int
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Towa
Fay Hempstead
Little Rock
Ark
Guard
Atlanta
Berk S. Les
Springfield
C. Frank Hart
Columbia
Germany offers to buy 1 million bales cotton
German business men communicate to the United States an offer to purchase one million bales of cotton at 15 cents per pound. Payment to be made on delivery of the cotton in a German harbor. The message is transmitted via London from Berlin dated August and received September 11:20 am.
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German Harbor
Berlin
London
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Trent
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Gallineti
Edward Grey
Petrograd
Stripa River
Galicia
Fifty Witnesses Called to Probe of Lynching
Marietta Georgia August 31 Special More than fifty witnesses including leading figures in Marietta business and social life have been subpoenaed for the special grand jury to investigate the lynching of Leo M Frank. Judge H T Patterson will charge the jury Wednesday morning at Cobb county courthouse. Solicitor General Herbert Clay says all identified knowers of the tragedy have been summoned to uncover every fact. Only ten witnesses testified at the coroner inquest last Tuesday in Marietta.
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Leo M. Frank
H. T. Patterson
Blue Ridge Circuit
Cobb County
Herbert Clay
Blue Ridge
Constitution
Marietts
Kentucky Democrats Oppose Statewide Prohibition
In Louisville August 21 the Kentucky Democratic convention declared against statewide prohibition and for retaining the local option. It endorsed President Wilson and favored his 1916 renomination, while backing reforms on convict labor, tax changes, education, anti-pass, workmen’s compensation, anti-trust laws, and corrupt practices acts. W B Haldeman named national committeeman to replace Urey Woodson. Louisiana voters rejected a constitutional convention in a statewide August vote, with Orleans area largely opposed but parish by parish support in select areas.
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Kentucky
Tonteht
J Wilson
W. B. Haldeman
Louisville
Urey Woodson
Owensboro
Louisiana
New Orleans
New Ortewna
Noted aviator Pegoud killed by the Germans
Paris reports Adolphe Pegoud, famed French aviator, killed by German forces. Pegoud rose to fame in 1918 for flying inverted and looping a plane. He earned valor mentions during World War I and recently was credited with a Taube down near St Menchouid in April.
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Paris
Adolphe Pegoud
St. Menchouid
Vilna
Kovno
von Hindenburg
Lithuania
Train Explosion Kills Three on Dynamite Freight
A train carrying 7,000 pounds of dynamite derailed at Pinole Cal and exploded killing engineer Harold Bennett fireman Bert Talbott and an unidentified laborer. The blast destroyed the train with nearby powder plants undamaged Pinole lies on San Francisco bay about 16 miles from the city.
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Pincle
Cal
Harold Bennett
Bert Talbott
San Francisco Bay
U S Troops Ordered to Border Reinforce Patrols
Washington August 31 two regiments of infantry and one of cavalry were ordered from Galveston to reinforce American troops patrolling the Mexican border. Major General Funston requested the moves, which form part of a general plan to strengthen positions. Units include Fourth Infantry Sixth Cavalry Starling Texas Nineteenth Infantry to Fort Sam Houston and Third Battalion Nineteenth to Del Rio.
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Galveston
Garrison
War Department
Funietom
Funston
Starlingen
Texas
Nineteenth Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
del Rio
Ferguson
Garrizon
General Funston
San’ Antonio
J. A. Hernandez
Taclo Luna
Domiuno Herandes
Villa
Mexico
Carranza
Scott
Lansing
Wilson
el Paso
Deafness and Dumbness Cured at Movie Show
London reports Mobert Beck of Chicago a former motorcycle policeman who served with British troops in Flanders regained speech and hearing while watching a comic film at a moving picture show in Liverpool. He had been deaf and mute since injury and recovery occurred during the cinema performance.
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tMobert Beck
Chicago
Deck
Flanders
Liverpool
Roosevelt Condemned by Ex-German Veterans Over Spitefulness
Resolutions adopted by the Federation of Associations of German Veterans and the Kriegerbund of North America condemn Theodore Roosevelt as insensible and spiteful toward Germans. They urge stricter accountability for arms sales to beligerents and rebuke the pro English press for stirring hatred. Franz Erling of St Paul told delegates that Germans here will stand by their adopted country regardless of current Germany US negotiations.
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Mann
Theodore Roosevelt
Federation of Associations of
Kriegerbund of North America
United States
Federation
Franz Erling
Germany
Scout Party Will Blaze Way Friday Tour Visit List Grows
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce and its route committee push to finalize Seeing Georgia tour routing. Atlanta hosts a Friday departure with two scout cars planned to cover many north Georgia towns including Jonesboro Griffin Athens Gainesville Dahlonega Canton Rome Marietta and Atlanta. Committee aims to tighten turnout and capture film interest for a forthcoming motion picture project.
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Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Jonesboro
Gritfin
Barnesville
Forsyth
Macon
Miledgeville
Monticello
Madison
Athens
Commerce
Gainesville
Dahlonega
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Marble Hit
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Rockmart
Dallas
Marietta
Ben Lee Crew
W. J. Walker
Scenic Film Company
Emotion Picture Machine
WIN
Fim
Georgis
Offigiala
Georgia Chamber
Open Season for Husbands Draws Applicants Across South
Reports from Robert B. McCord superintendent of the Georgia Children’s Home Society describe an open season for husbands. A widow and two other young women in Alabama sought matches after love letters published in The Constitution proved profitable, though the society is not a matrimonial agency and McCord acts only as a favor to the ladies.
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We Georgia Children's Home Society
Mr. McCord
McCord
Constitution
South
Alabama
Cupid
Georgia Children’s Home Society
Corpses Found In Submarine F-4 At Honolulu Harbor
At Honolulu the body of George E. Ashcroft of Los Angeles a gunner's mate was identified among remains recovered from the sunken submarine F-4. The rescue and salvage operation continued as divers cleared debris and prepared to embalm bodies. A new board will investigate the disaster, with chlorine gas and battery flaws cited among possible causes, while the Maryland sails to transport recovered remains to the United States.
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George E. Ashcroft
Use Angeles
Naval
United States
Maryland
J. Bouxh
Julius A. Farer
Kirby B. Crittenden
Washington
Mavy
Board of the Inquiry
Honokulu
Honolulu
Gousch
Ropelle E ‘Electri
Tbe
Torere
Navy Yard
United States Naval
Sta- Hop
Pearl Harbor
Territory of Ha
Teutons Blocked as Russian Wings Hold Front
News from the eastern front reports German efforts stalled by Russian wings near Bialystok and near Friedrichstadt while Russian rear guards counterattack. Western activity notes artillery fighting and continued pressure along the Grodno to Vilna corridor with prisoners taken.
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London
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von Hindenburg
von Buelow
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Bothmer
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Calicia
Stripa
Germany
Friedrichstadt
Riga
Ehriehstadt
Weather Forecast for Washington and Georgia
Weather Prophecy notes partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers near the coast. The forecast cites warmer temperatures in northern areas with fair conditions on Whyrsday.
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Washington
Georgia
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